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Norwich Dragons

robertadmin — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:04:09 +0100

http://www.nor-folk.co.uk/Norwich%20Dragon/makers.html

DRAGONS AND DANCING DAYS

Once upon a nearly-forgotten time, one sunny summer day, blithe Margaret tends her gently bleating, neatly grazing flock. Out of a clear blue sky or the dark green forest, (no one remembers which) a dragon appears and hears his stomach rumbl...

ICONS UNBROKEN AT ART CENTER SARASOTA

robertadmin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:52:28 +0100

By Marty Fugate, Herald-Tribune, Monday, March 5, 2012

Iconic images are never specific — and that’s the source of their power. Consider Charles Schulz’s drawing of Charlie Brown. He’s not realistic. He’s not specifically rendered. The image is more like shorthand — a circular head, a swirl of hair, a shirt with a zig-zag stripe. Charlie Brown is E...

TYPES AND CHARACTERS

Robert Lovejoy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:39:08 +0100

The hero of our story is an upright, Roman soldier named Poliphilus. Sadly, his first marriage ended in tragedy; his wife lost without trace. Alas, with no companion to share his life, he was a very lonely figure, indeed. Time (and Roman legions) march on, of course, and a new partner appeared on the scene: the pretty-faced Blado. The two would find greater expression together, than either one alone. Do you know these two characters? A new army of people, via computers and the dictatori...

IRENICON - A PLEA FOR PEACE

Robert Lovejoy — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:09:58 +0100

Sequester your skepticism; the man before you is young and stylish; slender and clean-shaven! You have asked for his expert help. Let’s pretend!

Ladies and Gentlemen, please have a seat. My name is Selwyn Cash. Welcome to the Madison Avenue offices of “S/P/G” — “Slick, Pitch and Getrich”. Congratulations, you have chosen the biggest name in advertising to plan your campaign. We fight in your corner to give customers what you want! It’s ou...

INTERFACES

Robert Lovejoy — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:36:01 +0100

We all have to tolerate a kind of messy “cultural evolution”, which sometimes produces less than ideal results. Without being presented with possible alternatives, we end up with "the way the world is"! This collection of examples, which might be termed “interfaces”, occasionally presents some alternatives to consider: the way the world could be! The following is a ramble through a selection that I have tripped over, or bumped into, along my ever- winding road.

A PLEA FOR ART AND ARTISTS

Robert Lovejoy — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:46:05 +0100

To state the obvious, art is made by artists! It doesn’t grow on the walls of galleries or museums like some multi-colored species of moss. However mysterious, it has to be thought of, and made by, a ‘species’ of human being! Most good artists are dedicated to what they choose to produce. They care. They take time and want to sell a well-made “product”. When they choose to paint a particular subject, artists...

PENCILS: A SUBJECT DEAR TO MY FINGERS

Robert Lovejoy — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:26:07 +0100

We are reliably informed that pencils are made from the pencil cedar, so it was an obvious choice when deciding which tree to select in the making of pencils.
Pencils are the length they are simply because the pencil cedar is very small, and the branches are exactly 8” long. They are also dead straight and naturally contain graphite.

The “H” and “B” on pencils mean “hard” and “black”, which, in the past, lead to some controve...

HOW TO BECOME AN ARTIST

Robert Lovejoy — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:49:14 +0100

A view from the Gripe Department: I have seen two exhibitions recently. One was of Turkmenistan jewelry, and the other of African-American quilts. In both instances the makers were described as "artists". Considering the jewelers in question worked mainly making armor, maybe "artisans" would be more appropriate. Also, most of the quilts were not that well designed or made, so "makers" or “quilters” should have been enough. I don’t really object to anyone calling themselves an artist, but muse...

The New Baby is Born and on its Way in the World!

Robert Lovejoy — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:45:24 +0100

Here is my new and improved website — thanks to Gabriel and his team. I'm so happy that I will be able to upload new pictures with relative ease right from my computer.

(Oh, yes, and let's not forget the other processes involved on the road to posting them: the weeks of painting, Miguel's professional scanning into digital form, and the nice black frames supplied by Ossi!)

My intention is to post something every week or so, in some way related to art or imagination. (Let's...